Mar

30

What Time is It? SLO Time

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I am in SLO today and part of Saturday with Kenny, Cynthia and Sobashi!

Today, we are going to eat at Firestones (according to Kenny, it is a great place to eat hamburgers) and then we are going to hike  Bishop’s Peak.

I will take a lot of pictures today and post them on Facebook.

What Time is It? SLO Time!

Mar

24

Notes from Oakland Organizing Meeting 3/11

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Whoa!

The past two weeks have been filled with classes, papers, exams, meetings, budgets, campaigning, partying and trying to sleep. I am glad that next week is Spring Break; a time for rest and relaxation.

This is the first of a few posts that I am finally taking off the back burner. This post is about the Barack Obama Oakland Organizing Meeting on Sunday, March 11, 2007 at the Marriott in downtown Oakland. You can read my notes from the meeting and pictures.

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BO Oakland Organizing Meeting
Sunday, March 11, 2007

— START Meeting —

Arrived at 12:30PM; Start Time: 12:45PM

BO Video

Welcome and Chants by Julie:
Chants: O Bama, 0 8, Obama 08

How can we help get BO elected?

Thank You for Being Here

How did you find out about this? Words travel electronically
BO Email
Other BO Org email
Word of Mouth

Craig, BOA, Southern California

Welcome, Thank Julie,

Sign Up Sheet (get extra copy)

All of us are committed

We are all workers: phone call, knock on doors, raise $, wave signs,
Right Candidate at the Right Time
Your Campaign, Grassroots Movement, We can change America and change Politics

Movement that we bring people who left out

Enough people need to rise to the challenge, play a role

Invest time and talents

Chief opponent is cynicism, cynicism falls prey to energy
4 weeks since: 3306 grassroots volunteer groups, tens-thousand
ex) Sacramento for Obama: 300 people show up, organization and structure in place, example of what can be done
4416 personal fundraising, low-dollar
3363 people created blogs
38799 profiles networking with people within community and throughout country

1/26: 1 Million Strong for BO:, 300k+

How Can You Help?

Campaign Structure
National HQ: Chicago
Research
Communications
Fundraising
Grassroots Organizing

Iowa, Nevada, South Carolina, New Hampshire: hired formidable campaign veterans, first 4 crucial, get operations rocking and rolling

Next two months: California Offices, no definitive time table, web, email, talking, places to go,

1st crucial states:

National Primary: 2/5/08; CA primary will be a critical to nominating process; CA democratic stronghold; as many as 26 states holding primaries, 70% of the population, by the end of Feb 2008 hold delegate selection process

Campaign calendar accelerated, get involved sooner

38 million people, massive battleground, ton of candidates, CA much larger version of Iowa

How Can You Help?
1) Write a Letter to the Editor: how you feel, why you support, how he can change politics in America, write what you feel in your heart, listen to heart and soul

2) House Parties on March 31, 2007: Host a House Party, or team up, include live webcast with BO, raise small dollars, sign people up, invite people to learn about BO, make phone call; download Party Kit; DVDs may be available

3) Sign 5 People Up for My.BO.com: Go online at BarackObama.com

4) Contribute Online: $5-100 can go a long way, need to be able to operate in all states, need resources to communicate,

5) Attend or Volunteer for Rally: 3/17, Oakland City Hall, In Front of Plaza, We are trying to get a bring crowd, bring many, many ways to volunteer, need 100-200 people (at least); need ticket distribution centers, need place where people can get tickets, but if people cannot go online we need to have places were they can get tickets, M-F,
3PM gates open,

Barack Obama is committed to changing our politics, the campaign will continue to honor faith and trust, thrilled to have your commitment going forward, never been apart of a campaign were people have been as energized, candidate to generate enough buzz, true grassroots movement, street by street, community by community, state by state

Thank you all for coming

Mike, How to use BarackObama.com
1) What Can You Do Now? Intense here in CA, while we still grow campaign, ongoing enthusaiasm, we are a young organization
trying desparately to keep up with this movement
website is your field staff, local organizer, put together this meeting,
students use internet to communicate,
most helpful volunteers show people the website;
The website is more than that,
Website is more than information,
you can download video onto laptop, flickr post pictures,

2) Create a Personal Profile: Mike Molfo, only 3 friends, member of a number groups, across the spectrum, create an event,
[staying ahead of the movement]
Grow, grow and grow [but sustain and strengthen],

3) Plan Your Own Events: Find, Create, and Manage
When Field Staff Comes, Opening Offices, they will make events
[official versus unofficial, need to work delicately]

More than a Talk at You Website, Tools to Organize, Mobilize and Take Action, “Make It Happen”

Craig:
- Take Questions: Preface, Not Policy Expert, Cannot Comment on BO stands, Not Local Politico; 2) We have to go to SF soon

Take Donations by PayPal? IDK, No

Local Offices, Hubs of Information/Org’ing,

Every tactic that is necessary to win

I cannot vote, what else can I do?
- Urge, come to HQ, energy at HQ, students can get involved (needs to be more than a campaign

A Lady from San Jose who uses MeetUp.com
Quarter Campaigning
Farmer’s Market
MeetUp.com
Look at Other
Mike

Guest speaker

California Community Colleges: Black Caucus , student, traveling an issues

Volunteer Meeting Rally, 3PM,

14th/Broadway

BO Clothing, etc.; BO.com

Josh: Can we all connect with each other

— END Meeting —

Mar

18

Tons of Stuff

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Quick Update: I have a ton of stuff to write about but I have no time to write it right now. Mayra is currently laughing at me because of this.

Quick Update to Self: Be sure to write a more substantial blog post in the near future.

PS: Mayra, stop laughing at me. Thank You. :::shakes fist:::